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Valued Member
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Corroded then polished imo.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Or maybe some sort of weird acid bath?
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Pillar of the Community
Russian Federation
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Or maybe some sort of weird acid bath?  Whatever it had been through, it seems to have been a long time ago, as the coin appears to have somewhat retoned since then.
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Valued Member
 Canada
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I would think an acid bath would have done more damage to the details. It reminds me of the rippled pennies. But if I understand correctly that was cause from issues with plating which in theory this should not have?
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Even coca-cola or pepsi turns Ag or Cu into some weird things if left there long enough
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Perhaps environmental damage (metal detector coin), then an attempt to "clean" it up with acid.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Russian Federation
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Perhaps environmental damage (metal detector coin), then an attempt to "clean" it up with acid. Sounds plausible enough.
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Frankly, it looks odd enough to make me consider the possibility that it's a cast fake, and not a genuine coin.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I guess it's possible. It's not magnetic and it weighs 2.13 grams I believe it should be 2.32 grams according to coins and Canada. Anything else I can do to figure it out?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I find it strange that the beads/denticles show none of the damage. Maybe the coin was stored in some type of paper or cardboard that was caustic to the Ag, if is actually silver. Laying the coin flat or between 2 sheets of paper would provide one explanation of why the corosion didn't get to the beads/denticles. If there's actually loss of metal on the majority of the coin, that would explain the lighter weight.
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I am starting to lean towards.....fire damage.
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